November 2025: The All Souls Project
To raise some funds to contribute to the costs of training our ground-breaking choir,
Claire Sherman, one of the Gettalife Trustees, is doing a sponsored abseil
150 feet down the tower of Liverpool’s Anglican Cathedral
on Saturday 14th September, 2024.
To sponsor Claire, please use this link to take you to our JustGiving page
THANK YOU!
https://www.justgiving.com/campaign/gettalife
The Trustees of the Gettalife Project, led by Rev Dr Sue-Gabriel Talbot, whose vision has inspired this venture, are delighted to announce an exciting new project for All Souls’ Day, November 2025 (precise date to be confirmed.) Richard Mallett, of Richard Mallett Arts Management Ltd, is the Project Producer.
This specially created one-off mix of text, liturgy and ritual will take place at the church of St John the Evangelist, Upper Norwood, ‘the Cathedral of South London,’ and will bring a message of hope and consolation to a weary world.
The highlight of the event will be the international première of an ‘Anthem for All Souls’, commissioned by the Gettalife Project and composed specifically for this evocative service by the critically acclaimed composer Jonathan Dove who writes extensively for church liturgy, opera, plays, films and orchestral and chamber music..
The anthem takes as its central theme the message from the last book of the Bible, Revelation, “…and I saw a new heaven and a new earth…and there will be no more grief…’ The work will be performed by voices in four-part harmony, with an organ accompaniment.
Our ‘gathered choir’ will present a unique and exciting sound…
Maureen Brathwaite, the international operatic soprano and highly talented vocal teacher, along with Ken Burton, who composes, convenes, and trains with a particular focus on vocal music drawn from the Gospel tradition, are pioneering a new choral sound. They are seeking to form a musical bridge to enable a creative fusion of a wonderful, exhilarating choral tone, bringing together the best of singers from the Gospel and African cultures and traditions with members of St John the Evangelist’s choir and other singers trained in the English church choral tradition.
Together, as individuals drawn across difference and with sometimes painful histories, they will lament lives lost and sing of a vision of hope to inspire.
We will, of course, update this page regularly to keep you up to speed with this exciting project!